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The rollercoaster that can give you brain damage: Six Flags is forced to close its X2 ride following a string of injuries - including life-altering disabilities, comas and deaths
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What happenedSix Flags Magic Mountain has been forced to shutter its immensely popular 'X2' rollercoaster after a report linked the ride to more than a dozen severe injuries.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Rollercoaster at LA’s Six Flags shut after two riders suffered brain injuries, inquiry fi...". The right frames it as "The rollercoaster that can give you brain damage: Six Flags is forced to close its X2 rid...".
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Left / center-leftRollercoaster at LA’s Six Flags shut after two riders suffered brain injuries, inquiry finds
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Right / center-rightThe rollercoaster that can give you brain damage: Six Flags is forced to close its X2 ride following a string of injuries - inclu...
The rollercoaster that can give you brain damage: Six Flags is forced to close its X2 ride following a string of injuries - including life-altering disabilities, comas and deaths
Six Flags Magic Mountain has been forced to shutter its immensely popular 'X2' rollercoaster after a report linked the ride to more than a dozen severe injuries.
Rollercoaster at LA’s Six Flags shut after two riders suffered brain injuries, inquiry finds
X2 ride at Magic Mountain has been closed for a month after one rider experienced brain compression and another remains in coma An infamous Six Flags Magic Mountain rollercoaster, long favo...
